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October 21st, 2020

State Department Approves $1.8 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan Israeli Delegation Travels to Sudan to Discuss Normalisation: Israeli Radio Kan
Lebanese Divided Over Hopes for Wider Peace With Israel Policeman Killed in Guinea Violence After Election Results Show Conde Leading
France Rejects Clooney NGO's 'Unfounded' Claim on Central African Republic Election Role 45 Lawmakers Urge US to Boycott Saudi-Hosted G20
Turkey Extends Exploration in Disputed Mediterranean Waters to Oct. 27 The Police Can Probably Break Into Your iPhone
DR Congo Jail Break: 'Islamist ADF Rebels' Free 1,300 Inmates A Decade After Deadly Cholera Epidemic, Haiti Awaits Compensation
Indian Opposition, UN Call for Release of Elderly Priest Held on Terror Charges Biden Presidency Could Cut Slow Path to Resumed Iran, Venezuela Oil Exports
French Paper La Nouvelle Republique Threatened After Publishing Mohammad Cartoons Nigerian President Appeals for Calm After Soldiers Fire at Protesters
Iraqi Leader Battles Pressure From Friends and Foes in Security Crackdown Britain Confirms Withdrawal From EU Military Missions, Diplomats Say
Greece Sees 'Imperial Fantasies' in Turkey Maritime Claims, Wants Tougher EU Action Turkey Says It Will Send Troops to Help Azerbaijan if Requested
Thai Protesters Give PM Three Days to Quit Fires Burn in Under-Curfew Lagos After Nigerian Soldiers Shoot Anti-Police Protesters
Lebanese Army Receives Military Support From Turkey Armenia to Ban Import of Turkish Goods on Dec. 31
Civilian Casualties Continue in NW Syria Despite Cease-Fire: UN Top Cleric Al-Raissouni: Afghan War Has 'No Religious Basis'
Ghani: No Justification for Taliban's War Against Afghans Why India and Pakistan Are Wrangling Over Money Launderer Altaf Khanani
Canadians Call on Justice Department to Investigate IDF Recruitment in Toronto Schools Sudan Closes Khartoum Roads Amid Online Calls for Protests
Hamas Denies Any Link to French Teacher's Beheading After Macron Accuses 'Sheikh Yassin Collective' As Oil Prices Dive, Iraqi Kurds Seek to Diversify Economy
Israel's Shin Bet Security Service Expresses Reservations About UAE Visa Waiver Program Pompeo Hopes Sudan Recognizes Israel 'Quickly'
Florida, Israel Call on Firms to Bid for Joint Aerospace R&D Funding Knesset Speaker Overturns Vote After MKs Approve Inquiry Into German Submarine Scandal
Paris Police Nab Seven in Attempted Ramming of Officer Near Israeli Embassy Homeless Man Gets 8 Months in Prison for Hurling Rocks at Anti-Netanyahu Protest
Germany Investigates Deadly Stabbing as Terrorist Attack Monitor Claims Three Pro-Iran Fighters Killed in Alleged Israeli Strike in Syria
Democratic Senator Says Biden Would Need Tougher Nuclear Deal With Iran Trump Administration Advances $1.8b Arms Sales to Taiwan
Fort Bragg Deletes Twitter Account After Attributing Explicit Tweets to Hacker Israel Has Operated a Secret Embassy in Bahrain for More Than a Decade
Israel Drops Leaflets Warning Syrian Regime Forces to Stay Away From Iran-Backed Militias US Navy Will Install Hypersonic Missiles on Attack Submarines and All Its Destroyers
European MPs Tell Egypt's Sisi to Release Prisoners of Conscience US Court Grants Pro-Palestinian Group Legal Victory in Terrorism Case
Morocco's Restrictions on Turkish Goods Raise Suspicions It's Joined Saudi Boycott US and UK Navies Prepare to Sign Agreement to Merge Future Tech Work
India: China's Provocations Propel Decision to Include Australia in Upcoming Malabar Exercise NATO's Defense Spending Targets Now 'Gold Standard' All Allies Should Meet, Key Trump Officials Say
Italy's Navy-Air Force Tussle Over the F-35 Comes to a Head Trump's Security Adviser Says: China Is the Threat of the Century
All US Navy Destroyers Will Get Hypersonic Missiles, Says Trump's National Security Adviser Budget for Secretive Military Intelligence Program Hits Nine-Year Spending High
Destroyer Ross Treks Into the Barents Sea's Arctic Waters Top US General in Afghanistan Says He's Holding Back to Give Taliban Peace Deal a Chance
US Weighs Labeling Leading Human Rights Groups 'Anti-Semitic' For Maybe the First Time Ever, the Navy and Marine Corps Had No Flying Fatalities Over a Year
Thailand Shuts Down Online TV Channel, as Protests Continue US Rejects Russia's Gulf Security Proposal at UN, Blames Iran
SARS: Why Are Tens of Thousands of Nigerians Protesting? Nagorno-Karabakh: Five Things to Know About the Latest Crisis
FBI Confirms Biden Laptop Not Russian Disinfo Iraq Authorities Denounced for Failure to Protect Media
'Not Even the Pandemic' Will Stop Colombia Protests, Leaders Say 'Diyarbakir Mothers' Demand Return of Missing Children in Turkey
Pakistan Army to Probe Opposition Allegation of Pressuring Police Waving Flags, They Sang Nigeria's Anthem. Then They Were Shot At.
Boko Haram Kills Six Chad Soldiers in Lake Chad Region: Army Pentagon Chief Stresses Stronger Alliances to Counter China, Russia
UN Libya Envoy 'Optimistic' on Ceasefire Prospects US Tightens Rules on More Chinese Media Outlets
Israel Had a Secret Embassy in Bahrain for 11 Years: Report Israeli Firm Signs Deal to Pipe UAE Oil to Europe
'Things Happen': Defense Minister Seems to Hint Israel Behind Syria Strike Lebanon Complains It Is Still Waiting for Satellite Photos of Beirut Port Blast
Gantz Heads to US for 'Security Meeting' With Pentagon Chief India Reportedly Considers Taiwan Trade Talks, Angering China
Ten Killed in Guinea's Post-Election Violence Sudanese Back on Streets to March Against Dire Living Conditions
Israel Takes Its Attacks on UNRWA Schools to the United Nations Israeli Policeman Who Killed Autistic Palestinian Charged With Reckless Homicide
Turkish Police Officers Go on Trial Over Killing of Kurdish Human Rights Lawyer 'Paradise Lost': How Israel Turned the West Bank Into a Sewage Dump for Its Settlements
How Trump's Tweet Signalled $335m Sudan Payment to End Decades of Sanctions Israeli Soldiers Seal Palestinian's Bedroom With Metal Sheeting, Barbed Wire
Israeli Warplanes Hit Sites in Gaza, No Injuries Reported Officer May Face Charges in Killing of Autistic Palestinian
Nagorno-Karabakh Says 62 More of Its Soldiers Killed Armenian Leader Sees No Quick Diplomatic Solution in Nagorno-Karabakh
Coronavirus Spreads in Nagorno-Karabakh Amid Heavy Fighting Taliban Ambush Kills Dozens of Afghan Forces in Northern Province
Israeli Warplanes Attack Hamas Positions in Gaza Strip Many Dead in Stampede Near Pakistan Consulate in Afghanistan
NATO Chief Dismisses Idea of US Afghanistan Withdrawal by Christmas China Says India Returns Soldier Who Strayed Across Ladakh Border
Vatican Number Two Says Deal With China on Appointment of Bishops Will Be Renewed UK Says China Seeking Biggest Maritime Fleet in the World
Iraqi Leader Battles Pressure From Friends and Foes in Security Crackdown UN Acting Libya Envoy 'Optimistic' on Ceasefire Talks
Afghans Jostling for Visas Sparks Stampede, Killing at Least 15 US Will Not Change Syria Policy to Win Release of Americans: Pompeo
Greece Sees 'Imperial Fantasies' in Turkey Maritime Claims, Wants Tougher EU Action France to Reach NATO Spending Target in 2020, but Most Allies Fall Short
Pompeo to Visit India Next Week for Strategic Talks Rwanda Genocide Suspect Kabuga to Be Sent to Hague Pending Trial
US Has Begun Process of Removing Sudan From State Terrorism List: Pompeo Israeli Minister Sees Another Normalization Deal Before US Election
Pompeo Says US Designates Six More Chinese Media Firms as Foreign Missions Karabakh Conflict: Mourning Turns to Anger
Azerbaijan Continues Advance Deeper Into Armenian-Held Territory

October 20th, 2020

Afghan Forces Say 50 Taliban Killed in Kandahar Fighting Death Toll Rises Despite Second Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire
Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed; 50 Bodies Found in Mass Grave Germany Pullout: More US Troops May Be Redeployed Near Russia
Israel Attacks Sites in Syrian Village Report: Indonesia Rejected US Request to Refuel Spy Planes
Australia to Join Naval Drill With US, Japan, and India
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